The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-27
THE BEST GAME YET.
coLUMuUs IS SHUT CLEAR Qua
By tho Homo Team, the Visitors Scoring
but ono Actual hit OF Kimber's Deliy-5
cry. while Wheeling hits iHAndiboe
" at Wll-oiher aamss Yesterday.

Wheeling played tho game OF the sea.
son yesterday, shutting out Columbus.
The statesmen could not do anything with
K'mber's delivery, only obtaining one
measly phantom and one actual hit.
Wheeling batted with hcr old.time yigor,
earning seven out Of the eight runn .cored.
Oropan'a two running catches In left fleld
called forth a burst OF applause from the
sun seats and grand stand. The fielding
Of Wheeling was sharp, and at times brill.
liant. It was only In the ninth inning tina!
Columbus came any ways near scoring.
Handlbos lnsthis Inning made The frs.
clean hit for the vlsitors by drive over
second base. Mutton took drat on being hit
by q pitched ball. Hutchinson fouled out to
speidel. Handlboe reached third on Vests
phantom and went out at iirst. Kings
Icy, one Of the hardest hitters, stepped to
tho home plata and drove q hot ono 10
White, and sol, amid almost breathless
silence, made fne throw to Speidel,
closing the game. M 'n.''
! Handiboe was pounded for seventeen
hits. Everybody hit the ball, and hit 1t at
tho right time.. In the third inning Gro.
gan was on third with two men out.
White WAS ut the bat, and ktmher re-.
married, "NoT, White, hi. that ball wa
want a few more runs" Whit bit 1t.
The ball only stopped rolling to left center
when II was too tired to rol! any more and
White had scored. II was one Of the
longest home.run hita ever made on the
ground. H. lar
In the fret inning Nichols lit sgio to
third alter Crogsn fouled out and was cd.
vanced to third on Nicholson's hit to
right, scoring on Whites drive over acc.
ond base. White was doubled up ut first
on Stencils lily to right field. In the third
Orogan reached first on hit to right and
was advanced to right on Kingsley'a failure
to handle Nichols hot liner. WEIGH took
in Nicholson's groundss, making double
play. Crogan in tho meanwhile going to
third. White then bit beauty to lett
center for a home run. Myers died a!
hIst. In the seventh kinlbsr died at first
Morrison hit safely 10 right and wen: to
second on Crocan's out Of tirss, aud crossed
the plate on Nichola' bit TO left. Nichol.
sons line fly wao taken by WEIGH. White
ait long hy to center in the eighth which
West musled after hard run, White tax.
ing second. He went to third on passed
ball, and after Sterzsl fouled out scored
on Myers' sacrifice hit. spsidel bit 10
center, but kimter ended the fun by fly.
ing out TO Pike.
In the ninth Wheeling scored three
runs alter Two men wers ont. Morrison's
lily was taken by Pike, and after Crogan
reached fret on a hit to short be was
forced out by Nichola' hi. to- necond,
Nichols Ecored on Nicholson's two bs2ges
| to center. The lister then stole third ard
scored on Whites hit over second. Stem.
sel's two Dagger to center advanced White
to third, who ecored on Myers safe hit to
third: speidel died at first on a hit to
Welch.
II Wheeling had been nb's to PITT up
tho ball abe ia playing now earlier irthe
season, there would have been no trouble
about taking the peanant. The large
audience present waa delighted With the
sport, and today's crowd should be lay
ger, AZ il is the last game Of the League
series. Following is the ecore: